Israeli Minister Receives Severe Backlash for Dismissing the Existence of Palestinian People

Israeli Minister Receives Severe Backlash for Dismissing the Existence of Palestinian People

Jakarta – Strong criticism was directed at an Israeli Minister because of his comments about Palestine. Minister of Finance Israel Bezalel Smotrich was criticized for calling the Palestinian people non-existent. Reported ReutersOn Tuesday (21/3/2023), Smotrich sparked Jordan’s ire by speaking at a podium decorated with a variation of the Israeli flag showing the state of … Read more

Combating Anti-Semitism in Sports: Borussia Dortmund and the United Nations Collaborate

Combating Anti-Semitism in Sports: Borussia Dortmund and the United Nations Collaborate

The United Nations want to explore opportunities to combat racism and anti-Semitism through and at major sporting events with Bundesliga soccer team Borussia Dortmund and the World Jewish Congress (WJC). The European Football Association UEFA and Vice-President of the European Commission Margaritis Schinas will also be present at the event on March 29 at the … Read more

Israel and Palestine commit to implementing a mechanism to reduce violence

Israel and Palestine commit to implementing a mechanism to reduce violence

Israel and the Palestinian National Authority have agreed to establish a mechanism to stop the violence. The meeting took place in Egypt and was also attended by US, Egyptian and Jordanian officials. The meeting stressed the need to prevent the violation of the sanctity of the holy places in Jerusalem during the Muslim holy month … Read more

Islamic Groups in Indonesia Unanimously Oppose Israeli National Team’s Visit to the Country

Islamic Groups in Indonesia Unanimously Oppose Israeli National Team’s Visit to the Country

CNN Indonesia Saturday, 18 March 2023 12:30 WIB Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) (Screenshot via website Mui.or.id) Jakarta, CNNIndonesia — Chairman of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI), Sudarnoto Abdul Hakim, said that all Islamic organizations in Indonesia firmly refused to attend Israeli national team U-20 to compete in Indonesia. Sudarnoto stated that this had been agreed … Read more

Israel’s Approval Rating Drops Among American Democrats; 49% Favor Palestine

Israel’s Approval Rating Drops Among American Democrats; 49% Favor Palestine

WASHINGTON: A study shows that sympathy for Palestine has increased among Democratic Party workers in the United States over the past few years. The new finding is in a survey conducted by Gallup Global Research in the United States. Studies show that for the first time since 2001, there has been such a large increase … Read more

MUI Responds to the Arrival of the Israeli National Team at the Indonesian U20 PD

MUI Responds to the Arrival of the Israeli National Team at the Indonesian U20 PD

CNN Indonesia Tuesday, 14 Mar 2023 09:06 WIB 1. MUI Responds to the Arrival of the Israeli National Team at the Indonesian U20 PD 2. Citizens’ voices of objections and suggestions are not heard by the government The chairman of the MUI for Foreign Relations reminded the government about the Israeli national team. (Screenshot via … Read more

United States: controversy surrounding the visit of Bezalel Smotrich, the Israeli Minister of Finance

United States: controversy surrounding the visit of Bezalel Smotrich, the Israeli Minister of Finance

With our correspondent in New York, Carrie Nooten Since its release on the eradication of the Palestinian town of Huwara, progressive Jewish groups had called on the Biden administration not to grant Bezalel Smotrich a visa. The White House did not accede to this request, but will not receive it as is customary. Trip wasted … Read more

Saudi Arabia-Iran Agree to Restore Relations, Here’s Israel’s Response

Saudi Arabia-Iran Agree to Restore Relations, Here’s Israel’s Response

Tel Aviv – Agreement reached Arab Saudi and Iran to restore diplomatic relations broken for the last seven years provoked a strong reaction from Israel. The Israeli opposition calls the Riyadh-Tehran deal a foreign policy failure by the Prime Minister (PM) Benjamin Netanyahu. As reported AFPSaturday (11/3/2023), the Israeli opposition leader accused Netanyahu of neglecting … Read more

News and analysis – The sudden Saudi-Iranian agreement and the implications of the new Chinese role

News and analysis – The sudden Saudi-Iranian agreement and the implications of the new Chinese role

The sudden announcement came to represent a turning point that shuffles the cards and could allow calm in the region and a better organization of the differences between Tehran and Riyadh. Despite a toxic regional and international climate, and after negotiations that started in Baghdad in 2021 and continued in Iraq and the Sultanate of … Read more

Many Curse When Israeli Minister Urges Palestinian City to be Destroyed

Many Curse When Israeli Minister Urges Palestinian City to be Destroyed

Jakarta – Conflict between Israel and Palestine is heating up again. This time it was triggered by a controversial comment from an Israeli minister who urged that the Palestinian city be ‘annihilated’. This statement immediately sparked international public outrage. Criticism also came from Arab countries to the United Nations. Reported by AFP news agency, Saturday … Read more